Tag: traffic fatality
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Suspected DUI hit-and-run in Pueblo kills 1, leads to arrest
An overnight hit-and-run in Pueblo has killed a pedestrian, according to the city’s police department. Officers from the Pueblo Police Department arrived at the 600 block of West Northern Avenue just after 2:15 a.m. Tuesday and found the pedestrian dead at the scene. A witness told police that they had followed the vehicle that sped…
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Rider identified in fatal Colorado Springs crash that critically injured 4 others
Police on Wednesday released the identity of the motorcyclist killed in a crash on South Nevada Avenue that also injured four others earlier in May. The Colorado Springs Police Department found Jason Mullet, 43, dead near the 1600 block of South Nevada Avenue on May 17 at 12:20 a.m. after he collided with a car…
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Motorcyclist killed in crash off North Circle Drive identified
The Colorado Springs Police Department has released the identity of a motorcyclist who died after striking a guardrail off North Circle Drive in mid-May. John Ruhe, 33, was killed in the single-vehicle crash off North Circle Drive and East Van Buren Street on May 16 just before 1 a.m. Investigators determined that Ruhe was driving…
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Pickup truck driver identified in fatal Colorado Springs rollover crash
A pickup truck driver who died in an April 12 crash on Colorado Springs’ north side has been identified, according to a news release Friday from police. Officers from the Colorado Springs Police Department found the driver, 35-year-old Alex Dean, being given medical aid when they arrived to the crash location of Dublin Boulevard and…
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Man who died in scooter crash in Colorado Springs identified
A man who was struck by a vehicle while riding a scooter in southeast Colorado Springs and later died has been identified. Preliminary findings from the Colorado Springs Police Department show 34-year-old Allen Brewer was crossing the intersection of Circle Drive and Fountain Boulevard during the afternoon of March 14 when he was struck by…
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77-year-old woman identified as victim in fatal Colorado Springs crash
Colorado Springs police identified the victim of a fatal collision on March 22 in the Briargate area as 77-year-old Deanna Stemler, according to a news release by the department on Friday. Stemler’s vehicle was hit head-on at about 8:15 p.m. near Briargate Boulevard and Lexington Drive after one of two vehicles reportedly racing through the…
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Child flung from Jeep, dies in I-25 crash north of Walsenburg
A girl was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 25 north of Walsenburg Thursday after being flung from a Jeep. The Jeep lost control and veered off the left side of the road while following a right-hand curve at about 3:15 p.m., 8 miles north of Walsenburg, according to a news release from Colorado…
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Uninvolved driver dies in head-on crash after ‘speed contest’ in northern Colorado Springs
A driver has died as a result of “complications” during surgery following a head-on collision with another vehicle on Colorado Springs’ north side, according to police. The Colorado Springs Police Department arrived at the intersection of Briargate Boulevard and Lexington Drive Sunday night and found the two drivers with “serious” but “initially” non-life-threatening injuries. According…
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Crime recap: 219 arrested last week in El Paso County
Colorado Springs police saw assault, motor vehicle theft and a fatal crash last week, among other incidents, with law enforcement making 219 arrests in El Paso County. From Dec. 21 to Dec. 27, the Colorado Springs Police Department posted seven blotter entries to its public database of incidents approved for release. Here is a recap of…
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Woman killed in Colorado Springs rollover crash
The driver who was freed after being trapped under a vehicle during a rollover crash on Monday afternoon succumbed to her injuries at a local hospital, according to a blotter entry by Colorado Springs police. Police responded to the intersection of North Carefree Circle and Inspiration Drive, west of Powers Boulevard, after numerous emergency calls…